Word Meaning 祖母

そぼ sobo

祖母 is read as そぼ (sobo) and means grandmother.

Meaning

English

  1. grandmother

Reading

Kana

そぼ

Romaji

sobo

Writing Variants

  • 祖母 うば uba
  • 祖母 おおば ooba
  • 祖母 おば oba
  • 祖母 ばば baba

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Synonyms お祖母さん,お祖母ちゃん,祖母さん,祖母ちゃん Antonyms 祖父 Related Words ,子孫,,子供,子ども,,親子,祖父 Rank 9 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

祖父母

そふぼ

grandparents

祖父祖母

じじばば

grandparents

高祖母

こうそぼ

great-great-grandmother

外祖母

がいそぼ

maternal grandmother

義祖母

ぎそぼ

grandmother-in-law

曾祖母

そうそぼ

great-grandmother

曽祖父母

そうそふぼ

great-grandparents

お祖母様

おばあさま

grandmother

祖父

そふ

grandfather

祖先

そせん

ancestor

Example Sentences

10

My grandmother cannot see.

I love my grandmother very much.

I was brought up by my grandmother.

Tom was raised by his grandmother.

She was brought up by her grandmother.

My grandmother on my mother's side turned 100.

My grandmother on my father's side has turned one hundred.

Grandma is three and a half times your age.

My sister resembles my grandmother.

My grandmother lived to be ninety-five years old.